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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 47

The Sutlej Medal awarded to Corporal J. Watson, 80th Regiment, who suffered a serious sabre wound at Sobraon

Sutlej 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 2 clasps, Ferozeshuhur, Sobraon (John Watson 80th. Regt.), lightly polished, otherwise good very fine

Provenance: Spink, September 1986.

John Watson was born in 1823 at Marsham, Norfolk and was a labourer upon enlistment in the 80th Regiment on 6 February 1843. He served as a Private during the Battle of Sobraon and was seriously wounded as per his medical report:

'Received a sabre wound in the left arm at the Battle of Sobraon on the 10 Feby, 1846. Commencing about the lown third of the deltoid muscle. Hospital gangrene ensued - which confined the patient a considerable time in hospital. Was sent to the invalid depot for a change of air. The arm is weak and he is considered unfit for the active duties of a soldier.'

Promoted Corporal on 25 November 1846, Watson was discharged on 14 November 1848 on account of disability from his wound; sold with copied service papers and medical report.


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£700